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New 8lb Sufix 832 has been great on my new Stradic!!! We have used the 10lb, 20lb, and 15lb (spinning), 30lb (casting) in my household.

Sufix has never failed me, just buy a size under what's normal and it will help casting, it is very thick in diameter and going down helps to match up better. I would normally use 10lb regular PowerPro on a ML spinning, so I would use 8lb or even 6lb Sufix 832. I had a bad time with SuperSlick in 10lb and 40lb, just frayed a lot, never broke or lost lures, casted fine too, just looked like it was in rough shape WAY to early.

BRONZEBACK32 wrote:I've read the only decent leader knot for fireline 8 is the PR knot.

38 steel head this winter using uni to uni zero failure. Double Palomar to hardware. Works for me.

I have 20lb smackdown on my 2500 Stella, lb overkill but lighter seems too thin..I use floro leaders.
I have yet to find a better braid than smackdown

So far my favorite for ml rods is 15 832 and medium rods 20. I run a 2000 size reel on the ml and 2500 on the medium.

Just bought the YGK G Soul sinking braid. Pretty impressed with it. Was using SX1 which I thought was excellent.

Finnz922 wrote:Just bought the YGK G Soul sinking braid. Pretty impressed with it. Was using SX1 which I thought was excellent.

How's the feel? Can you feel anything on a slack line?

No line, if truly slack, will give you feedback out her than possible visual. That is a reason many go to high vis line

poisonokie wrote:

Finnz922 wrote:Just bought the YGK G Soul sinking braid. Pretty impressed with it. Was using SX1 which I thought was excellent.

How's the feel? Can you feel anything on a slack line?

It was very windy so a feel for sensitivity and really being able to see it sink was tough. I did really like how it casts and laid on my Tat LT. I never did hook up. Another tournament next week.

NHBull wrote:No line, if truly slack, will give you feedback out her than possible visual. That is a reason many go to high vis line

I disagree, it seems the wiry stiffer braids create more sensitivity vs very soft limp braids.

BRONZEBACK32 wrote:I've read the only decent leader knot for fireline 8 is the PR knot.

I also saw those results, but found that I get around 78% with the FG in 6lb Fireline 8 and and 12 or 20 lb Schneider klear line leader. FG tied with 18 wraps and a 7 turn Rizutto finish.

NHBull wrote:No line, if truly slack, will give you feedback out her than possible visual. That is a reason many go to high vis line

I disagree with this too, as I've felt vibrations through slack fluorocarbon.
That's possibly the number one reason for using it.

i usually use sx1 and pp but i got a few spools of duel hardcore and it seems very nice. i hate soft braid so it's right in my wheelhouse.

Duel hardcore is pretty good line, I sent some to aquaholik to test its knot strength.
The problem I had it tying this line using a FG knot to 6lb sunline fluorocarbon.

Here is what aquaholik got from his results testing 10lb duel hardcore 8-

ABS : 22.80 lbs, 24.35 lbs = 23.58 lbs average
Line Mass : 11.1 mg/ft, 10.9 mg/ft = 11.00 mg/ft ----> .0091 in or .232 mm. Very slightly thinner than Fireline Ultra 8 lbs and J Braid 10 lbs and definitely thinner than Fins 40 G 15 lbs.

S/W ratio = 2.14 which is very good and very comparable to Gliss 24 lbs.

FG:

Test 1 , 20 wraps each side, 4 alternating half hitches, 4 turn Rizutto finish = 19.80 lbs

Test 2 , 16 wraps each side, 4 alternating half hitches = 20.60

So average FG knot strength = 20.20/23.58 = 86%

I use light braids and typical Fireline. Anywhere from 4# Fireline to 30# braids.

I still have the old Fireline braid on a spinning setup. I can't remember, but I think it's 6 strands. I've also used a lot of Sufix Performance and 832 braids. Performance is the noisy one but fares far better for bottom rigs for catfishing and stuff. 832 is pretty good. The Fireline braid in similar diameter and #test will get more distance on the cast.

There's just so many good ones now.

Finnz922 wrote:Just bought the YGK G Soul sinking braid. Pretty impressed with it. Was using SX1 which I thought was excellent.

I've been wanting to try YGK. I have never been able to get on with braid, unless it's tight everything just feels dead with it to me. I see TW has a new version that has an FC core and is supposed be denser.